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From: newman@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Bill Newman)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: wanted: C source for PD or shareware 8051 assembler
Message-ID: <1991Jan23.193752.20671@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 23 Jan 91 19:37:52 GMT
Organization: Cornell Theory Center
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I am thinking of using an 8051-family microcontroller to handle motors
and sensors for a simple robot.  I'm prepared to write simple programs 
in 8051 assembler, but I don't have an assembler.  I'd like pointers
to C source (or Atari executable :-) for an 8051 assembler, preferably 
free or cheap ($30 shareware would be fine).

Even the most rudimentary assembler would probably
be adequate: I don't tend to use macros or linkers much for the type 
of program I have in mind.  If I decide to make the robot do anything
complicated, I can add another processor (68008, dual port RAM, and
a big static RAM should be only 3 chips or so..) and program in C.

  Thanks in advance for any help,
     Bill Newman
     newman@theory.tn.cornell.edu

PS: If I don't find a suitable assembler I may write my own.  As noted above,
it would be unlikely to implement macros, and I have never written a linker
before and don't plan to start now.  If anyone would be interested in
having a copy of C source for such a primitive 8051 assembler, let me know.

PPS: I thought of posting this to comp.sys.intel, but I couldn't
get rn to post an article to a group which didn't
already have some articles in it.  I hope (considering the recent discussions
of 8051's for control here) that this newsgroup is an appropriate substitute.